Social & Cultural History

Kinship is a unique undertaking in the artistic career of one of Irelands leading artists. This book, and the artistic project it is part of, chart...

Die Berliner Neidhart-Handschrift R (mgf 1062 [Niederösterreich, ca. 1280]) enthält zehn Lieder, zu denen am Blattrand Strophen nachgetragen sind. ...

Built within an exceptional watershed, Montreal is intertwined with the waterways that ring its island and flow beneath it in underground networks....

Rabbi Eliezer of Beaugency represents the pinnacle of twelfth-century rabbinic exegesis of the Bible. A proponent of the literal school, Eliezer co...

In the Hellenistic period of Greek history, communities often offered honours and titles to representatives of certain dynasties. Modelled on the e...

A history of the successes of the human rights movement and a case for why human rights workEvidence for Hope makes the case that yes, human rights...

The 16th and 17th century raids of the Tatars of the Northern Black Sea take an important place in the historical consciousness of the Eastern Euro...

During the sixteenth century, antiquarian studies (the study of the material past, comprising modern archaeology, epigraphy, and numismatics) rose ...

This book analyzes the role of social networks during electoral campaigns around the world, taking into account the nontechnological particularitie...

This book analyzes the role of social networks during electoral campaigns around the world, taking into account the nontechnological particularitie...

In 1998 Rolls-Royce celebrated the 60th anniversary of the opening of its Crewe factory, the home of the company's car production since World War I...

This book looks at the relationship of the cock and cockfighting in Britain from ancient times to the early modern period, showing the societal and...